Morroblivion

So is this dead or done?

From what I heard a few weeks ago Eham is supposedly coming back after New Year's.

A few things are still missing such as animation import/export but for general nif work it's the best plugin out there for Skyrim. It properly imports and exports many nifs that the other plugins simply won't.

did u use vanilla skeleton?

well that skeleton is mess up, get the original one!

Eham is an administrator of his own forums and is working on DA:I modding tools. I dunno if he'll be coming back here.

I was lucky enough to get the source code off of him from there. I am unsure if I can publicly post his source code though.

Anyway, I'm hoping to learn enough C++ to get the plugin to properly import skeletons as max bones and if I'm really adventurous I'll try taking a look at animation stuff.

The niftools code that his code is based on is GPL v2 and his code is GPL v2 as well. So copying it over here or anywhere else would be fine for anyone that has a copy.

Maybe by use of a import > export script, plus almost all 3DsMax user input can be scripted.

If you want the race overhaul bad enough you can create your sculpts and replace the existing .tri files (mods like Ethereal Elven overhaul do this with edited vanilla meshes).  Granted you won't have Dragon Age or ESO styled customization without some scripting to get those pyramid sliders in there (and probably some alterations to how the .tris are used), but you can throw in pretty much anything you want and have sliders for just about everything.  Though it would no doubt take a serious amount of time to get all the morphs complete.
Examples:
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/12951/? (this one has some scripting, but it straight up allows you to move vertices around.)
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/24273/?
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/57440/?

Double post

You just need to place this files to:
  ..,\Program Files\3dsMAX\niflibx64.dll
  ...\Program Files\3dsMAX\plugcfg\maxniftools.ini

 and corresponding 4 files else to
  ...\Program Files\3dsMAX\plugins\
 

I'm having some trouble with this plugin. At least I think it is this plugin that is causing the problem, but it might be something in Nifskope.

In 3ds Max 2013 and Nifskope, the textures show and look fine but, in the game they are glossy-black. When I check the texture paths in Nifskope, they seem to be fine (C:/games/..../data/textures/armor/imperial)/imperialsupershield.dds)

The model I started with was the Imperial Shield, and I just moved some verts (exaggerated basically) and exported it to see if I got the process right. I didn't actually change the texture at all, I just renamed it to match my mesh name.

Any ideas why the texture path could be correct but the textures show black in game, but fine in Nifskope and 3ds Max?

As per usual, I'm sorry if this was already covered elsewhere but I couldn't find anything that helped.

@darthtrevhat

|Nifskope|

1. copy and paste BSLightingShaderProperty to NiTriShape

2. In NiTrishapeData, set BS Num UV Sets to 4097.

3. right click on NiTrishape > Mesh> Update Tangent space

this is not plugin, this is how we do mods.

|Note|

u should know the basic how to mod skyrim with Nifskope before try some thing that u do not know or u will have a ton of issues.

shaders/textures

http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/1188259-bslight...

Sorry been busy.

I don't think I'll ever have time to work on the plugin itself, and seeing as how my last few messages to ehamloptiran haven't elicited a response, I think he'll be okay with me posting his plugin source.

Hopefully someone with knowledge can take it and finish adding some animation support.